Culture or time period: Early Dynastic III (ca. 2700–2340 BC) / Materials: Chert - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-5256, described as Cylinder seal: hematite [hematite crossed out on card; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: lapis lazuli and chert], Gilgamesh [Gilgamesh cross out on card], human between two horned animals with lion attacking left. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 22 x 10 mm. Chip on upper edge. Contest freize: Hero clasping two antelopes, one of which is being attacked by a lion. Upside down serpent bites right foot of the lion, ED III]